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Showing 1 to 18 of 18 for “"The Multi-Level Perspective"”.
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Energy transitions: the case of South African electric security
… to be highly dependent on electrical energy. The exponentially growing renewables market has signaled transitions in electricity sectors that have traditionally been dominated by fossil fuel electricity. Various theoretical debates have recently emerged surrounding the processes of …
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How the sustainability transition in energy is transforming the built environment of South African cities
… move towards a lowcarbon future. Past studies of the nascent ST using a multi-level approach have already proven obsolete after strong resistance from the incumbent energy regime almost derailed the fledgling renewable energy (RE) industry. After initially going to ground and contracting, the …
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Transitioning to sustainable urban development: a niche-based approach
Solving the ‘wicked’ and ‘persistent’ environmental problems of the twenty-first century will require changes in the social and technological structures that guide urban development. While modern planning offers a century’s worth of solutions to environmental problems at the local scale, many of …
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Design for the environmental emergency: Plastic chairs and the transition to low-carbon product design
Analysing the intersection between plastics, environmentally-conscious design, and consumption through a focussed study of plastic chairs, this dissertation casts new light on best practice for sustainable furniture design. Plastic chairs are ubiquitous but remain objects of constant innovation and …
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Development of sustainable energy technologies in changing institutional and socio-political contexts: the case of combined heat and power in the UK
The emergence and development of innovative, sustainable ideas and their interaction with incumbent regimes is one of the key focal areas of Transitions Research. While many authors publishing in the field focus on analysing successful transition processes, a smaller group of scholars reviews less …
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Data and Information as Our New Transport Infrastructure: An Exploration into How the Modern Transport System Is Being Shaped by Information Communication Technology
<p>This dissertation is focuses on the role that data and information has in creating and altering behavior related to transportation. To do so, it lays out a theoretical model of technological transition and then follows it up with three case studies. The theoretical model provides a structure to …
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Reading the future : constructing low-carbon imaginaries in urban institutions
… paradox of environmental sustainability is that the institutions that bring stability to society must become agents of transformative change. In an urbanised world characterised by fossil fuel dependency, the stable ‘anchor institutions’ in major cities are likely to play a central role in …
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The Window of Opportunity in Sustainability Transitions: An empirical investigation
To mitigate the worst impacts of climate change, a rapid and deep reduction in greenhouse gas emissions is required, yet progress remains slow. Electrochemical technologies, combined with low-cost renewable electricity, offer a promising solution for segments of the chemical industry; however, the …
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Investigating Radical High-Involvement Eco-Innovations: The Case of Household Biogas in the U.S.
There is an emerging market of radical eco-innovations that require high involvement from the U.S. consumer for successful routinization. Yet, there exists a gap in knowledge that guides the dissemination of such innovations for related stakeholders. Among these innovations is the household …
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An analysis of the sociotechnical transition process from the existing centralised alternating current voltage electrical system in the UK to one where distributed direct current voltage is used to meet the energy needs of the built environment
This study concerns the potential sociotechnical transition of the current UK centralised alternating current (AC) electricity system to one where distributed direct current (DC) systems may proliferate. The development of the new distributed DC system has the potential to address a number of …
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Innovation of Tourism Mobility Systems in Historic City Centres: The Case of Austria
Fundamentally, tourism involves people on the move. Although controlled and well-managed tourism mobility can facilitate the sustainable touristic utilisation of places, uncontrolled touristic movement often creates significant challenges for host destinations. Developments in technology and …
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Optimising energy efficiency finance in emerging economies in Southeast Asia
This thesis investigates the relationship between public and private sector efforts to optimise energy efficiency finance initiatives in an emerging country context, using Thailand as a case study. Demand-side energy efficiency measures could significantly reduce pressures on energy systems in …
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A Study of Innovation Networks Management in the Rail Industry: A case study of the Overseas Technical Certification Process in the Korean Rail Industry
The project of supporting standard certification acquisition is part of the activities for sustainable growth. In many countries, the market for technology certificate tests is gradually expanding in its role and size. Therefore, many countries have been working on policies and activities to …
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Incorporating human behaviour in an agent based model of technology adoption in the transition to a smart grid
The requirement for affordable, secure and sustainable energy production is a pressing global challenge and the production of electricity with low carbon emissions is crucial. This usually entails large quantities of renewable energy generation, which is intermittent and often highly distributed …
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Green Urbanism in Contemporary Cities: A Socio-technical Transition Analysis
… to create a balance between human activities and the natural environment. In recent decades, Green Urbanism has attracted considerable research interest; however, these studies are mostly focused on defining a set of criteria for its application to cities based on the experiences of Western …
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An assessment of community renewable energy as one of the options for transition to low-carbon energy in South Africa (Gauteng).
Governments around the world are actively developing policies that encourage consumers to move from passive to active engagement in localised renewable energy projects. In particular, small-scale, decentralised community renewable projects are being promoted as a means to diversify electricity …
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A roadmap for energy transition strategic planning and governance: a case study of Nigeria's grid-based renewable electricity sector.
The global drive for energy transition has resulted in Nigeria formulating energy policies to incorporate about 30% of new renewable energy sources into the planned 30GW of electricity generation by 2030. This is principally because deploying renewable energy on the national grid provides succour …
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(Re)framing sustainable transitions: perspectives from a city in the global South
This study analyses the conditions under which socio-technical systems transition to more sustainable configurations. It does so through an exploration of the City of Cape Town’s electricity distribution arrangements. This investigation is situated within debates on sustainable socio-technical …